diff -up ./drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c.ixgbe_pf ./drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
--- ./drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c.ixgbe_pf	2016-02-15 15:39:44.723411150 -0500
+++ ./drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c	2016-02-15 15:40:16.297302507 -0500
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ int ixgbe_pf_host_configure(struct rte_e
 	vfre_slot = (vf_num >> VFRE_SHIFT) > 0 ? 1 : 0;
 
 	/* Enable pools reserved to PF only */
-	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRE(vfre_slot), (~0) << vfre_offset);
+	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRE(vfre_slot), UINT_MAX << vfre_offset);
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRE(vfre_slot ^ 1), vfre_slot - 1);
-	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFTE(vfre_slot), (~0) << vfre_offset);
+	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFTE(vfre_slot), UINT_MAX << vfre_offset);
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFTE(vfre_slot ^ 1), vfre_slot - 1);
 
 	/* PFDMA Tx General Switch Control Enables VMDQ loopback */